Apparatus for filling bottles or other receptacles.



PATENTED JUNE 27, 1905.

H. L. HORNUNG. APPARATUS FOR FILLING BOTTLES OR OTHER REGBPTAGLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17, 1904.

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APPARATUS FOR FILLING BOTTLES OR OTHER RBOEPTAGLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17, 1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY L. HORNUNG, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,586, dated June 27, 1905.

Application filerl May 17, 1904. Serial No. 208,337.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY L. HORNUNG, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Apparatus for Fillin'g Bottles or other Receptacles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to apparatus for filling bottles and other receptacles with liquids. While it maybe used with many kinds of liquids and is very well adapted to those which are carbonated and therefore foam upon being drawn into a receptacle, it is particularly adapted for the filling of bottles with beer.

As is well known, it is customary to prepare bottled beer by placing the liquid in bettles in a lifeless condition and introducing certain substances in order to give life to the beer and cause it to foam when used from the bottles. It is also Well known that beer put up in casks and drawn from the wood is of much superior quality to any kind put up in bottles.

It is the object of my invention to provide for the drawing of beer and other carbonated liquids directly from the faucet and While in a live or carbonated condition without the formation of foam.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicateeorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the manner in which my invention is applied. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of one embodiment of my invention. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 with certain parts in different positions. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are sectional views on the line a; w of Fig. 3, showing several positions of .the parts of the device. Fig. 7 is a sectional view on the line 7 7 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 8 is'a sectional "iew showing a modification of a portion of the device.

ln the drawings, (L represents the front portion of a cooler.

6 represents a faucet connected with beerpipes in the cooler, and c is the cock of the faucet.

It is usual in apparatus of this kind to store the beer in the cellar or other convenient place and provide apressure of air or carbonicacid gas upon the surface of the beer in the casks. This pressure is usually about twenty pounds to the square inch and is used for elevating the beer to the faucet and forcing it out upon the turning .of the cock. In the drawings, d represents a tube connected with this air-pressure and also connected with a passage d in the faucet.

0 represents the beer-pipe, and it is connected with the usual passage E in the faucet.

The pipe (Z is secured in position by any suitable meansas, for example, the nutf and the pipe 6 is also secured in position by any suitable meansas, for example, the nut g. The pipes cl and a both pass through the cooler, and consequently the beer and air or gas are both cooled to the same extent. The pipes may be coiled in the cooler or disposed in any desired or ordinary manner.

As stated, the faucet is provided with the usual passage E for the beer, and the passage 0? extends substantially parallel to this passage and has an exit in a nozzle 7). The cock 0 is provided With the usual passage 0, constituting a portion of the passage in the faucet for beer, and is provided with an additional passage 0 located at an angle thereto and constituting a portion of the passage in the faucet for the air, so that when the cock is turned in the manner shown in Fig. 2 the air will pass through the air-passage into the bottle held at the nozzle, While the beer is shut off. The cock 0 is also provided with a pressure-controlled passage 0 which communicates with the passage 0 It has a branch 0 either inclined or otherwise, which when the cock is turned in the position shown in Fig. 3 to let the beer pass through the passage 0' will make connection between the forward end of the air-passage d and the main partof the third passage.

Secured to a projection upon the bottom of the cock is a casing h, provided with a passage It therethrough and with a sharpened valveseat 7L2. Located in the casing is a valve 70, adapted to seat upon this sharpened seat and provided with a valve-stem 7a. This valve is forced toward its seat by means of a spring 6 or other equivalent device and is held in position by means of an adjustable plug in and nut m, whereby the passage 0 is pressurecontrolled. The stem 7: is longitudinally grooved in order to provide passages 76 for the outlet of air from the passage 0 when the valve is unseated. It is also within the scope of the present invention to form the cock 0 with an integral casing H, as shown in Fig. 8, in which case the parts b 7c, is, Z, m, and m will be substantially the same as those shown in the other figures but of smaller dimensions. A nut m is provided for securing the cock in place on the faucet in the form shown in Fig. 8. m is a packing used in the other form shown. A rubber packing a is attached to the nozzle by means of an inturned edge 5, the office of which is to provide an air-tight connection for the top of the bottle or other vessel to be filled. Upon the lower end of the nozzle 7) is preferably arranged a screw -threaded projection 6 on which a coupling 9 is adapted to be screwed. Atube 0 reaches from the projection b to the bottom of the bottle or vessel to be filled and is held in position with respect to the nozzle by means of a corrugated tubular connection 1), which fits inside the end of the tube and the coupling g, which is correspondingly corrugated so as to securely clamp the tube 0 between the parts 12 and q. The tube is made of rubber or similar material and should be as thin as practicable.

The operation of the device will now be described. When the cock is in the position shown in Fig. 8, there will be no outlet for the beer or air. Upon turning the cock to the position shown in Fig. 2 there will still be no outlet for the beer; but air will be permitted to pass from the pipe (Z into the bottle. This will permit the bottle to be filled with air under any desired pressure, according to the adjustment of the plug m and nut m. When the pressure of the air upon the beer is twenty pounds per square inch, it has been found by experiment that the best results are secured by allowing the air to enter the bottle until a pressure of from ten to twelve pounds is obtained, and the valve 70 should be set so that when this pressure is reached the valve will be unseated thereby, and the air upon passing through the passages in the casings 7L H will makeaslightnoise and give a signal to the operator to warn him that the desired pressure in the bottle has been attained. ator will turn the cock to the position shown in Fig. 3, which will permit the beer to pass through the faucet and into the bottle and at the same time will permit the air to pass from the bottle through the passages 0" c and out Upon receiving this signal the operto the open air through the passages The beer will flow to the bottom of the bottle through the tube 0 and upon rising outside of the tube will force the air out in the manner set forth. It will be obvious that the air cannotfiow out faster than the beer enters because there will be nothing to take its place, and consequently the bottle will be entirely filled with beer with the exception of the part occupied by the tube 0 and the end of the nozzle. Of course the filling of the bottle will be indicated by the passage of beer through the valve-casing in case the operator does not notice when the bottle is filled. At this point it is a small matter to remove the bottle from the faucet and quickly cork it. This can be readily accomplished, as has been proved by experiment, and-the beer will keep for a long time and when removed from the bottle will be found to have retained all the life and taste which it had when drawn from the wood.

Figs. 4, 5, and 6 merely give the relative positions of the passages in the cock, the air passages being shown in the main in full lines and the beer-passages in dotted lines.

It will be understood that the device illustrated in the drawings and particularly described in the specification merely represents one embodiment of. my invention. It will also be understood that while for convenience I have referred throughout to beer under airpressure it is entirely within the scope of the invention to use beer under the pressure of carbonic-acid gas or, in fact, under any other fluid-pressure, and also to apply the invention to the filling of bottles and other receptacles with any liquid whatever.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent .1. A cock for a faucet having a liquid-passage, a transverse gas-passage, a longitudinal passage from the gas-passage to the open air, and means for closing said last-named passage.

2. A cock for a faucet having a liquid-passage, a transverse gas-passage, a central longitudinal passage constantly communicating with the gas-passage and having one end open to the outer air, and means for closing said last-named passage.

3. A cock for a faucet having a liquid-passage, a gas-passage, a passage from the gaspassage to the open air, and a branch from the third-named passage to the exterior of the cock.

4:. A cock for a faucet having a liquid-pas sage, a gas-passage, a passage from the gaspassage to the open air, and a branch from the third-named passage to the exterior of the cock; said branch terminating in the plane perpendicular to the axis of the cock in which plane the inlet and outlet of the gas-passage are located. I

5. A cock for a faucet having a liquid-passage, a transverse gas-passage, a longitudinal passage from the gas-passage to the open air, a branch from the third passage to the exterior of the cock, and means for closing the third passage.

6. A cock for a faucet having a liquid-passage, a transverse gas-passage, a central longitudinal passage constantly communicating with the gas-passage and open at one end to the outer air, a branch from the third passage to the exterior of the cock, said branch terminating in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the cock in which plane is located the gaspassage, and means for closing the third passage.

7. A faucet having a passage for liquid, a passage for gas or air, a 'n-essure-controlled passage from a portion of the gas-passage to the open air, means for simultaneously opening said gas-passage and said pressure-controlled passage and closing said liquid-passage, and for thereafter simultaneously closing the passage from the gas-supply, opening the liquid-passage and connecting said pressure- 'controlle d passage which leads to the open air with the gas-passage leading from the nozzle of the faucet.

8. A faucet having a passage for liquid, a passage for gas, and a cock; said cock having a liquid-passage and a gas-passage extending across the cock and adapted to register with the liquid-passage and gas-passage in the fancet, a pressure-controlled outlet from the gaspassage in the cock to the open air, and an additional passage in the cock communicating with the outlet and registering with the gaspassage in the faucet when the liquid-passage in the cock is open.

9. A faucet having a passage for liquid, a passage for gas, and a cock provided with a gas-passage and a pressure-controlled gas-passage constantly communicating with the firstmentioned gas-passage in the cock and with the open air.

10. A faucet having a gas-passage, a liquidpassage, and a cock provided with two gaspassages, one being pressure-controlled and capable of communication with the gas-passage in the faucet and with the other gas passage in the cock, and a liquid-passage in the cock communicating with the liquid-passagein the faucet when said first-mentioned gas-passage in the cock is not in communication with the gas-passage in the faucet.

11. A faucet having a passage for liquid, a passage for gas, a nozzle through which said passages extend, and a cock having a passage communicating with said gas-passage in the fa ucct and apressure-controlled passage constituting an outlet from said gas-passage in the cock.

12. A faucet having a passage for liquid, a passage for and a cock for simultaneously closing one of said passages and opening the other, said cock having two passages, one communicating with the liquid-passage and one to the open air with the gas-passage leading from the nozzle of the faucet.

14:. An apparatus for filling a closed vessel with llquld, comprising means for conducting the liquid to the vessel, means for conducting air or gas under pressure to the vessel, pressure-controlled means for providing an outlet for the air or gas to the open air, and a single means for simultaneously closing the liquidconducting means, opening the gas-conducting means and connecting said pressure-controlled means with the gas-conducting means, and for thereafter simultaneously opening'the liquid-conducting means, closing the gas-conducting means from the source of supply, and connecting said pressure controlled means which leads to the open air with the gas-conducting means leading tothe vessel.

15. An apparatus for filling a closed vessel with liquid, comprising means for conducting the liquid to the vessel, means for conducting air or gas under pressure to the vessel, pressure-controlled means for providing an outlet for the air or gas to the open air, and a single cock for simultaneously closing the liquidconducting means, opening'the gas-conducting means and connecting said pressure-controlled means with the gas-conducting means and for thereafter simultaneously opening the liquid-conducting means, closing the gas-conducting means from the source of supply, and connecting said ,pressure controlled means which leads to the open air with the gas-conducting means leading to the vessel; said means for providing an outlet comprising a passage, a valve therefor, a valve-seat for the valve having a sharp edge, and means for seating the valve on said edge.

16. An apparatus for filling a closed vessel with liquid, comprising means for conducting the liquid to the vessel, means for conducting air or gas under pressure to the vessel, pressure-controlled means for providing an outlet for the air or gas to the open air, and a single cock for simultaneously closing the liquidconducting means, opening the gas-conducting means and connecting said pressure-controlled means with the gas-condueting means and for thereafter simultaneously opening the liquid-conducting means, closing the gas-conducting means from the source of supply, and connecting said pressure controlled means IIO Which leads to the open air with the gas-con- In testimony whereoflhave signed my name d uetlng means leading to the vessel; sald means to this specificatlon 1n the presence of two subior provldlng an outlet comprising a passage, scribing wltnesses.

a valve therefor, and a stem for said valve lit- HENRY L. HORNUNG. ting the passage and provided With a longi- Witnesses: tudinal groove to permit the exit of air or gas J NO. M. BITTER,

around the stem. ALBERT E. FAY. 

